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Key Vocabulary

Laughter
Risa
Burdens
Cargas
Joke
Broma
Incongruity
Incongruencia
Contagious
Contagioso

The Science Behind Laughter

Learn what science says about laughter.

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The Science Behind Laughter

Learn what science says about laughter.

Intermediate
Read and listen to this story in Beelinguapp!

Laughter: that musical sound that lightens our burdens. Not a day goes by without laughter. Researchers have found that the average adult laughs 17 times a day, while a child laughs about 300 times daily!
But why do we laugh?

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